Character.AI Is Hosting Pro-Anorexia Chatbots That Encourage Young People to Engage in Disordered Eating

Content warning: this story discusses disordered eating behaviors, including potentially triggering details about weights and calories. The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to…

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Apple Needs To Ramp Up Development Of Apple Intelligence Features, As A ‘Larger-Than-Usual’ Number Of iOS 19 Features Will Be Postponed Until 2026

Apple will release iOS 18.2 next month, which will house major AI features announced at its WWDC 2024 event in June. However, Apple Intelligence is an ongoing endeavor, as the…

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Microsoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to find

Microsoft's 'optional' Connected Experiences enable Microsoft to use Excel and Word files to train its AI technology, but it is possible to turn this feature off. Source

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